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In Defense of the Student

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 September 2018

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In our present program of higher education the student is by and large the odd man out. This holds particularly in the larger university complexes where the iron law is that the student is made for the system. The symptoms of the student's discontent with this predicament are obvious enough: restlessness, estrangement, apathy and, increasingly, outright rebellion. According to a report by the National Student Association there were 221 major demonstrations at 101 campuses in the first six months of this year.

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Copyright © Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs 1968

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